Apogee Software Joins Sun's Forte for Java Extension Partner Program to Create an Embedded System IDE Based on Forte for Java and Apogee's Aphelion IDEs.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2002 Apogee Software, a vendor of software tools for embedded systems, today announced that it has joined the growing number of tool vendors building extensions to the Sun Microsystems' Forte(TM) for Java(TM) Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE) and is developing FFJ-Aphelion, a comprehensive IDE for creating Java technology applications targeted at embedded systems. Comprised of advanced tools from Apogee's Aphelion aphelion (əfē`lēən, ăp'hē`–), point farthest from the sun in the orbit of a body about the sun. See apsis. (TM) IDE, the core and other modules from Forte for Java An earlier family of Java development environments from Sun. The products included an editor, compiler, debugger, object browser and JavaBean creator plus the ability to edit and view HTML files. Community Edition, and the NetBeans(TM) open APIs, FFJ-Aphelion will offer a very comprehensive set of features for developing embedded system applications. In addition, FFJ-Aphelion will come with Apogee's performance-enhanced ports of the virtual machines for two Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (language, programming) Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition - (J2ME) Sun's Java platform for consumer devices. J2ME defines Configurations and Profiles for different classes of small memory device, from smart cards to pagers to set-top boxes. (J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) A version of Java 2 for cellphones, PDAs and consumer appliances. J2ME uses the K Virtual Machine (KVM), a specialized Java interpreter for devices with limited memory. ) configurations: Connected Device Configuration The Connected Device Configuration (CDC) is a framework for building Java ME applications on embedded devices ranging from pagers up to set-top boxes. However, there is also CLDC and MIDP to allow a more fine-grained distinction. (CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation ) and Connected Limited Device Configuration The Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) is a specification of a framework for Java ME applications targeted at devices with very limited resources such as pagers and mobile phones. The CLDC was developed under the Java Community Process as JSR 30 (CLDC 1. (CLDC), thus also providing a J2ME[tm] Platform compatible deployment environment for embedded system applications created with its tools. The first release of FFJ-Aphelion planned for early in the third quarter of this year will support x86, PowerPC, MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. , ARM and OMNIcore embedded processors, and VxWorks, LynxOS, ThreadX, BlueCat Linux and HardHat hard·hat or hard-hat n. 1. a. A lightweight protective helmet, usually of metal or reinforced plastic, worn by workers in industrial settings. b. Informal A construction worker. 2. Linux RTOSs. Apogee chose to integrate with the Forte for Java IDE because of the unmatched selection of tools and services provided by the product, and the availability of plug-in APIs and interfaces that allow easy yet effective integration of Aphelion tools with the Forte for Java IDE core. This integration is expected to result in an IDE capable of facilitating the entire development and deployment cycles involved in creating many types of Java technology applications for embedded systems, including hybrid applications written in Java language, C, and/or C++. The IDE will also allow its users to provide state-of-the-art Java technology solutions for embedded systems used in a wide range of devices, including set-top boxes, process controls systems, factory floor automation systems, point-of-sale terminals, etc. FFJ-Aphelion will include advanced tools for managing projects of various sizes (including large projects involving several teams at different geographical locations); tools for writing, browsing, compiling and debugging many types of Java language and hybrid applications; and tools for tuning the deployment-ready applications for small run-time footprint and fast run-time execution. There will also be Web-related tools, and tools for sophisticated version control, creation of graphical user interfaces, and connecting embedded systems with server-resident databases. And, because of its flexible IDE core and NetBeans open APIs, FFJ-Aphelion will allow easy addition of new tools as well as new features to existing tools. "FFJ-Aphelion and its ports of Sun's J2ME virtual machines will offer a winning combination to OEMs and other players in the embedded system industry that want to enter a fast growing market for Java powered devices," said George Malek, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Apogee. "Apogee is excited about the opportunity to leverage the best technologies from the Forte for Java and Aphelion IDEs in creating a product that will allow the effective use of the Java Platform for the main stream embedded system applications." "Apogee Software has been a leading innovator in providing tools and ports of Sun virtual machines for developing and deploying Java technology applications for embedded systems," said Arthur E. Gould, Manager of Business Development, Developer of Web Services, Sun Microsystems. "FFJ-Aphelion will bring together Apogee's expertise in embedded systems and the relevant Forte for Java expertise in desktop and enterprise systems to benefit the developers of Java language applications for many types of embedded systems." About Apogee Founded in 1988, privately held Apogee Software, Inc. specializes in the development of high-quality programming tools for developing Java, C and C++ applications for embedded systems, and C, C++ and FORTRAN applications for SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill desktops and servers. Apogee is located in Campbell Calif., in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Please, see www.apogee.com for more information. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, Forte, J2ME and NetBeans are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Apogee Software and Aphelion are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apogee Software, Inc. |
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